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South Korea Halts KOSPI Trading After 8.4% Crash Trips Circuit Breaker

By Shiraz Jagati | 2026-06-08 11:30:27 | 3 months ago

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South Korea’s KOSPI index plunged 8.4% on Monday, triggering a rare circuit breaker that froze trading for 20 minutes as a global semiconductor selloff battered Asian markets and rattled risk assets, including crypto.

A Rare Trading Halt The Korea Exchange activated a Level 1 circuit breaker at 9:03 a.m.

local time, suspending trading for 20

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category data : ASIA | EXCHANGE | MARKET | TRADING | CRYPTOCURRENCY